Can you get some pictures of this?Well now he has a huge gap where all the meat from his leg is supposed to be
Can you get some pictures of this?Well now he has a huge gap where all the meat from his leg is supposed to be
Glad things are fixed. Exercise & soaking. Soooo, how large of an enclosure do you have? Limited area to properly walk about could be a factor here.
I will definitely post pictures of it later. I don’t wanna disturb him right now because the treatment at the vet was a lot of stress on him yesterdayCan you get some pictures of this?
Well that's certainly strange, but it doesn't look too bad. I hope he feels better soon.If you look closely into his leg cavity you can see how much meat he’s missing in there. It’s much better now than when it was when the vet cleaned all that dirt buildup. Seems like it’s balancing back out and will go back to normalcy when he gains his weight back
Well that's certainly strange, but it doesn't look too bad. I hope he feels better soon.
I agree. But I am no expert.Yeah. Seems like the normal cavity where most torts n turtles retract their appendages. It probably seems worse to human observers than the tort itself.
My Princess Clydie is on the other hand, too well fed, her armpit is borderline bulging. 😅If you look closely into his leg cavity you can see how much meat he’s missing in there. It’s much better now than when it was when the vet cleaned all that dirt buildup. Seems like it’s balancing back out and will go back to normalcy when he gains his weight back
I love this forum. It’s so good to know where to turn for informed, sensible advice. It’s essential when, as in my case, one is a caring but inexperienced owner.First and foremost, I'm just really glad you discovered the problem and the tortoise is okay now. I have never seen or heard of this, so thank you for sharing this with the group. It might help someone else in the future.
Yes, and welcome! There is a LOT of old (misinformation) on the "web".I love this forum. It’s so good to know where to turn for informed, sensible advice. It’s essential when, as in my case, one is a caring but inexperienced owner.
While Tortoises do not appreciate petting and handling constantly, I believe there is a place for getting a Tortoise happy with being inspected frequently including full visuals of all parts of legs, under tail etc and into shell.I’m glad too. He’s basically my son. I love him to death. I’m just really disappointed I didn’t catch this sooner because he probably was in pain the whole time. And I hope his tissue in his leg cavity will regenerate over time with eating regularly
You have not been soaking your tort enough if this is happening. What are you using?Please check the care sheet . Glad you caught it.Hi All,
A while back I posted about weird behavior my tortoise was experiencing with his diet and pooping habits. He was barely eating for months and would rarely poop. I brought him to the vet because this behavior was really really starting to worry me that he was experiencing some sort of renal failure. It turns out, he had a large collection of dirt packed into his leg cavity that basically calcified into like a rock.
Honestly, I guess I never really thought to pull his legs back and check to see inside his leg cavity, but the vet said this was preventing him from pooping or wanting to eat because it was putting a stress on his organs. As soon as the vet cleaned it out, he instantly pooped out a log and became very hyper, like he used to be.
The vet is recommending that I get rid of substrate all together to prevent this from happening again, and using slate with different areas of sphagnum moss for burrowing. I was hoping to get some opinions on this. This whole thing has been really stressful and I’m afraid that if I leave the substrate, this could happen again.
He doesn’t have any permanent damage to his organs, but they were shifting to the other side of his body. The vet can’t give me any guarantee, but we hope that they will shift back into place over time.
Thank you. I was wondering about this one. So glad that everything worked out.Hey just wanted to provide an update to everyone who responded in this thread. My tortoise made a full recovery. His leg socket filled out again and he’s totally back to his old self. Thank you everyone for caring
Yay, that's such wonderful news. Thank you for the update....Hey just wanted to provide an update to everyone who responded in this thread. My tortoise made a full recovery. His leg socket filled out again and he’s totally back to his old self. Thank you everyone for caring
Hey,I usually make it deep enough so that basically his neck is sticking out of the water. I don’t know for how long, just seems like a total freak thing that the dirt would be lodged in there like that and starting affecting his bladder function. It could have been like that for a while